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| author | Charles Harris <charlesr.harris@gmail.com> | 2018-05-13 08:36:08 -0600 |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2018-05-13 08:36:08 -0600 |
| commit | 896363f962c2c7f2275b38407666525fc344e4d8 (patch) | |
| tree | e8e8a0e3ed4de8fa6550b12d783a4098b1264728 /numpy/lib/format.py | |
| parent | b4c42a553f5954e58ab2aef5fe33ceb5fc970e0a (diff) | |
| parent | 85282a5dac927ed731655e0a58fb67d2483f18b9 (diff) | |
| download | numpy-896363f962c2c7f2275b38407666525fc344e4d8.tar.gz | |
Merge pull request #11082 from mattip/fix-11080
DOC: link to updated module docstring, not NEP
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| -rw-r--r-- | numpy/lib/format.py | 11 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/numpy/lib/format.py b/numpy/lib/format.py index 363bb2101..afa154cc5 100644 --- a/numpy/lib/format.py +++ b/numpy/lib/format.py @@ -1,5 +1,8 @@ """ -Define a simple format for saving numpy arrays to disk with the full +Binary Serialization +==================== + +A simple format for saving numpy arrays to disk with the full information about them. The ``.npy`` format is the standard binary file format in NumPy for @@ -143,8 +146,10 @@ data HEADER_LEN." Notes ----- -The ``.npy`` format, including reasons for creating it and a comparison of -alternatives, is described fully in the "npy-format" NEP. +The ``.npy`` format, including motivation for creating it and a comparison of +alternatives, is described in the `"npy-format" NEP +<http://www.numpy.org/neps/nep-0001-npy-format.html>`_, however details have +evolved with time and this document is more current. """ from __future__ import division, absolute_import, print_function |